About

John Engel believes that non-profit organizations can most effectively change the world by transforming themselves. Cultivating internal transformation, to ensure meaningful external change, is what John calls a LifeMigration. Leaders, boards and organizations all have the capacity to engage in LifeMigrations.

John facilitates this type of transformation through processes that:

• Illuminate blind-spots and assumptions in order to create insightful awareness
• Create shared vision and goals to produce focused results
• Clarify roles and responsibilities to enhance productivity
• Produce guidelines and agreements to foster accountability
• Build trust and relationships to increase collaboration

John’s 25 years of professional experience include founding roles for two not-for-profit organizations, strategic planning for community building and education initiatives, facilitation of experiential outdoor education programs for graduate students and corporate leaders, and teaching and advising for graduate student leadership programs at both Prescott College and Naropa University.

John holds a B.A. in Psychology, an M.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Ecopyshcology. John and his wife, Lori, daughter, Zoe, and son, Adam, strive to live a sustainable lifestyle through daily practices of growing food, eating local, commuting by bike, and enjoying time in wild places around their home in Florence, MA.